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California attorneys must complete a minimum of 25 credit hours of approved continuing legal education activities every 3 years including at least 4 hours of Ethics, 1 hour of Substance Abuse Prevention and 2 hours of Elimination of Bias. Additionally, at least one of the hours in Elimination of Bias must be an approved Implicit Bias program.
At least 12.5 of the credit hours must be in a "Participatory" format. The remaining hours can be in a self-study format.
**The State Bar of California is implementing changes to the MCLE course requirements effective October 1, 2023. Beginning with the compliance period ending March 29, 2025, licensees will be required to also complete and report compliance on the following new subfields:
Technology in the Practice of Law (one credit)
Civility in the Legal Profession (one credit)
Competence (Increased from one credit to two)
California attorneys may earn all 25 hours with the United Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Our Online and iOS/Android App platforms are automatically deemed participatory and our MP3/MP4 downloaded courses may also be taken in participatory form as well.
California MCLE rules do not allow carryover. Credit for participating in a CLE activity may not be earned forward from one compliance period to another.
Members are required to comply online under “My State Bar Profile” www.calbar.ca.gov by attesting under penalty of perjury that the member has complied with the education requirement or is exempt and the nature of the exemption. Attorneys who are unable to comply online must contact the State Bar’s Member Services Center 888-800-3400.
State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
(t) 415-538-2100
(f) 415-538-2180 mcle.calbar.ca.gov
United Institute for Continuing Legal Education is a CLE provider accredited by the California State Bar, Provider #15390.
To view our full accreditation details please .
General Credits
1
$29
All Courses Available iOS/Android Web
About This Course
Whether by design or happy accidents, Star Wars Episode IV raises many fascinating issues addressed by the International Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), and which international law scholars and jurists wrestle with today. This CLE course will examine the conflicts raised in the film, as well as cover real-life war crimes cases such as the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the Nuremberg trials and modern terrorism cases and drone program issues.
The course will seek to determine if, under LOAC, Leia’s detention and interrogation were lawful and what was her LOAC status as a diplomat who actively aided rebel forces. Would the Death Star be classified as a lawful weapon system? Would the drone strike on Luke’s aunt and uncle be considered lawful? Did Luke and Han Solo act unlawfully when they opened fire on storm troopers dressed as storm troopers? All these and more will be discussed in this creative approach to LOAC.
